Visited CH's place today for CNY. (CH is one of the kids who takes the bus to Hopekids. And his mum's from China. She's a believer too.)
Well, his mum put plenty of food on my plate. :) And this verse came to mind as she piled my plate up generously: "Eat whatever is set before you, for the worker is worth his keep."
(In context, the Lord said this when he was instructing His disciples regarding missions.)
Anyway, the cool thing was that she had a couple of other guests over - both were also Chinese. She introduced me to them as the Sunday School teacher, and took the opportunity to invite them to church too.
So inspired by her example.
And so prayed that God would give me an opportunity to somehow share more with the guests.
And He did!
One of the guests started talking about people giving money to the church - sensed he was rather skeptical about churches. (I'm pretty sure it had something to do with today's news.)
Explained a bit to him, so hopefully his heart might understand more and be more open next time.
Then the other one, the mum invited for service. Got his number. Should be connecting him to How Joo and Sijia soon.
What I'm feeling right now... it really felt as though I was in China, doing a house visit. Eating Chinese-style steamboat and listening in to conversations in fluent Mandarin...
Quite a surreal experience.
:) A good preview of what it'd be like to be overseas in a different culture, doing cultural immersion.
But maybe this is the real deal anyway. :)
And grateful for the limited Mandarin I could speak.
And above all, amazed to see how just serving in Hopekids bus ministry can open up a whole new path. Interacting and reaching out to Chinese people.
Ok gotta go. Meeting Dean, a dear bro from OMF, to fellowship.
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